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2025 Portugal MO, 1

Tags: algebra
Francisco wrote a sequence of numbers starting with $25$. From the fourth term of the sequence onwards, each term of the sequence is the average of the previous three. Given that the first six terms of the sequence are natural numbers and that the sixth number written was $8$, what is the fifth term of the sequence?

PEN K Problems, 9

Find all functions $f: \mathbb{N}_{0}\rightarrow \mathbb{N}_{0}$ such that for all $n\in \mathbb{N}_{0}$: \[f(f(n))+f(n)=2n+6.\]

2017 China Second Round Olympiad, 4

Let $m,n$ be integers greater than 1,$m \geq n$,$a_1,a_2,\dots,a_n$ are $n$ distinct numbers not exceed $m$,which are relatively primitive.Show that for any real $x$,there exists $i$ for which $||a_ix|| \geq \frac{2}{m(m+1)} ||x||$,where $||x||$ denotes the distance between $x$ and the nearest integer to $x$ .

2014 Contests, Problem 4

Nair and Yuli play the following game: $1.$ There is a coin to be moved along a horizontal array with $203$ cells. $2.$ At the beginning, the coin is at the first cell, counting from left to right. $3.$ Nair plays first. $4.$ Each of the players, in their turns, can move the coin $1$, $2$, or $3$ cells to the right. $5.$ The winner is the one who reaches the last cell first. What strategy does Nair need to use in order to always win the game?

1989 IMO Shortlist, 8

Let $ R$ be a rectangle that is the union of a finite number of rectangles $ R_i,$ $ 1 \leq i \leq n,$ satisfying the following conditions: [b](i)[/b] The sides of every rectangle $ R_i$ are parallel to the sides of $ R.$ [b](ii)[/b] The interiors of any two different rectangles $ R_i$ are disjoint. [b](iii)[/b] Each rectangle $ R_i$ has at least one side of integral length. Prove that $ R$ has at least one side of integral length. [i]Variant:[/i] Same problem but with rectangular parallelepipeds having at least one integral side.

2022 Purple Comet Problems, 6

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Let $a_1=2021$ and for $n \ge 1$ let $a_{n+1}=\sqrt{4+a_n}$. Then $a_5$ can be written as $$\sqrt{\frac{m+\sqrt{n}}{2}}+\sqrt{\frac{m-\sqrt{n}}{2}},$$ where $m$ and $n$ are positive integers. Find $10m+n$.

2016 IOM, 5

Tags: algebra
Let $r(x)$ be a polynomial of odd degree with real coefficients. Prove that there exist only finitely many (or none at all) pairs of polynomials $p(x) $ and $q(x)$ with real coefficients satisfying the equation $(p(x))^3 + q(x^2) = r(x)$.

2022 Assam Mathematical Olympiad, 12

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A particle is in the origin of the Cartesian plane. In each step the particle can go $1$ unit in any of the directions, left, right, up or down. Find the number of ways to go from $(0, 0)$ to $(0, 2)$ in $6$ steps. (Note: Two paths where identical set of points is traversed are considered different if the order of traversal of each point is different in both paths.)

2022 Durer Math Competition Finals, 2

Anett is drawing $X$-es on a $5 \times 5$ grid. For each newly drawn $X$ she gets points in the following way: She checks how many $X$-es there are in the same row (including the new one) that can be reached from the newly drawn $X$ with horizontal steps, moving only on fields that were previously marked with $X$-es. For the vertical $X$-es, she gets points the same way. a) What is the maximum number of points that she can get with drawing $25$ $X$-es? b) What is the minimum number of points that she can get with drawing $25$ $X$-es? For example, if Anett put the $X$ on the field that is marked with the circle, she would get $3$ points for the horizontal fields and $1$ point for the vertical ones. Thus, she would get $4$ points in total. [img]https://cdn.artofproblemsolving.com/attachments/5/c/662c2e4c3dea8d78e2f6397489b277daee0ad0.png[/img]

2013 Indonesia MO, 3

Tags: inequalities
Determine all positive real $M$ such that for any positive reals $a,b,c$, at least one of $a + \dfrac{M}{ab}, b + \dfrac{M}{bc}, c + \dfrac{M}{ca}$ is greater than or equal to $1+M$.

2016 Belarus Team Selection Test, 2

Tags: geometry
Let $ABC$ be a triangle with $\angle{C} = 90^{\circ}$, and let $H$ be the foot of the altitude from $C$. A point $D$ is chosen inside the triangle $CBH$ so that $CH$ bisects $AD$. Let $P$ be the intersection point of the lines $BD$ and $CH$. Let $\omega$ be the semicircle with diameter $BD$ that meets the segment $CB$ at an interior point. A line through $P$ is tangent to $\omega$ at $Q$. Prove that the lines $CQ$ and $AD$ meet on $\omega$.

2019 JBMO Shortlist, N1

Find all prime numbers $p$ for which there exist positive integers $x$, $y$, and $z$ such that the number $x^p + y^p + z^p - x - y - z$ is a product of exactly three distinct prime numbers.

1987 Putnam, B6

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Let $F$ be the field of $p^2$ elements, where $p$ is an odd prime. Suppose $S$ is a set of $(p^2-1)/2$ distinct nonzero elements of $F$ with the property that for each $a\neq 0$ in $F$, exactly one of $a$ and $-a$ is in $S$. Let $N$ be the number of elements in the intersection $S \cap \{2a: a \in S\}$. Prove that $N$ is even.

2010 Portugal MO, 3

On each day, more than half of the inhabitants of Évora eats [i]sericaia[/i] as dessert. Show that there is a group of 10 inhabitants of Évora such that, on each of the last 2010 days, at least one of the inhabitants ate [i]sericaia[/i] as dessert.

2004 Swedish Mathematical Competition, 2

In one country there are coins of value $1,2,3,4$ or $5$. Nisse wants to buy a pair of shoes. While paying, he tells the seller that he has $100$ coins in the bag, but that he does not know the exact number of coins of each value. ”Fine, then you will have the exact amount”, the seller responds. What is the price of the shoes, and how did the seller conclude that Nisse would have the exact amount?

2008 Purple Comet Problems, 24

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Each of the distinct letters in the following addition problem represents a different digit. Find the number represented by the word MEET. $ \begin{array}{cccccc}P&U&R&P&L&E\\&C&O&M&E&T\\&&M&E&E&T\\ \hline Z&Z&Z&Z&Z&Z\end{array} $

2021 Moldova EGMO TST, 12

Tags: algebra
Find all real numbers $y$, for which there exists at least one real number $x$ such that $y=\frac{\sqrt{x^2+4}}{\sqrt{x^2+1}+\sqrt{x^2+9}}.$

2008 Gheorghe Vranceanu, 1

At what index the harmonic series has a fractional part of $ 1/12? $

2019 Singapore Senior Math Olympiad, 4

Positive integers $m,n,k$ satisfy $1+2+3++...+n=mk$ and $m \ge n$. Show that we can partite $\{1,2,3,...,n \}$ into $k$ subsets (Every element belongs to exact one of these $k$ subsets), such that the sum of elements in each subset is equal to $m$.

2018 Estonia Team Selection Test, 11

Let $k$ be a positive integer. Find all positive integers $n$, such that it is possible to mark $n$ points on the sides of a triangle (different from its vertices) and connect some of them with a line in such a way that the following conditions are satisfied: 1) there is at least $1$ marked point on each side, 2) for each pair of points $X$ and $Y$ marked on different sides, on the third side there exist exactly $k$ marked points which are connected to both $X$ and $Y$ and exactly k points which are connected to neither $X$ nor $Y$

1989 AMC 12/AHSME, 18

Tags: function
The set of all numbers x for which \[x+\sqrt{x^{2}+1}-\frac{1}{x+\sqrt{x^{2}+1}}\] is a rational number is the set of all: $\textbf{(A)}\ \text{ integers } x \qquad \textbf{(B)}\ \text{ rational } x \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ \text{ real } x\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ x \text{ for which } \sqrt{x^2+1} \text{ is rational} \qquad \textbf{(E)}\ x \text{ for which } x+\sqrt{x^2+1} \text{ is rational }$

2010 Germany Team Selection Test, 2

For an integer $m\geq 1$, we consider partitions of a $2^m\times 2^m$ chessboard into rectangles consisting of cells of chessboard, in which each of the $2^m$ cells along one diagonal forms a separate rectangle of side length $1$. Determine the smallest possible sum of rectangle perimeters in such a partition. [i]Proposed by Gerhard Woeginger, Netherlands[/i]

1995 AMC 12/AHSME, 25

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A list of five positive integers has mean $12$ and range $18$. The mode and median are both $8$. How many different values are possible for the second largest element of the list? $\textbf{(A)}\ 4\qquad \textbf{(B)}\ 6 \qquad \textbf{(C)}\ 8\qquad \textbf{(D)}\ 10\qquad \textbf{(E)}\ 12$

1952 Poland - Second Round, 5

Tags: geometry
The vertical mast located on the tower can be seen at the greatest angle from a point on the ground whose distance from the mast axis is $ a $; this angle equals the given angle $ \alpha $. Calculate the height of the tower and the height of the mast.

2022 MIG, 21

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A herder has forgotten the number of cows she has, and does not want to count them all of them. She remembers these four facts about the number of cows: [list] [*]It has $3$ digits. [*]It is a palindrome. [*]The middle digit is a multiple of $4$. [*]It is divisible by $11$. [/list] What is the sum of all possible numbers of cows that the herder has? $\textbf{(A) }343\qquad\textbf{(B) }494\qquad\textbf{(C) }615\qquad\textbf{(D) }635\qquad\textbf{(E) }726$